http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. It looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone. And it came off an inkjet printer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-3d-printer-bone-like-material.html Medical research Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:38:25 EST news241807050 University of Kentucky researchers, including lead author Samy Selim of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, have recently published a paper suggesting that transfusion may not always be the best treatment for hospitalized patients with anemia. Results suggest the age of stored blood may be a factor in negative effects of transfusion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-transfusion-treatment-anemia-age-blood.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:47:07 EST news237642414 High blood phosphate levels can set chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on a rapid path to kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). To make matters worse, phosphate appears to interfere with the effectiveness of important kidney medications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-kidney-drugs-hampered-high-blood.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:39:23 EST news232907920  A high level of a hormone that regulates phosphate is associated with an increased risk of kidney failure and death among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, according to a recent study led by researchers at the University of Miami and funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health. Results are in the June 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-marker-kidney-failure-death.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:26:01 EST news227348732 Lowering phosphate intake in humans can reduce heart disease, according to research by experts at the University of Sheffield. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-experts-link-phosphate-intake-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:00:02 EST news226662395 (Medical Xpress) -- Backed by the medical research group Human Metabolome Technologies (HMT), researchers at Keio University have developed a test which measures the concentration of phosphoric acid in the blood as an indicator of depression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-blood-instantly-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 May 2011 11:50:01 EST news226058558